New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-20
HOUSEKEEPING IN FLORIDA.
LIFE IN LOG HOUSE.

bat bevo learned that the lifc give, great advantages
for studying nature a. mauf'so IN h,as and theii
habits
Before down TO Florida This IA! met two
ladies WHO had passed The previous winter IA 'he pine
lands near here. They were extremely feeble when
they left Now York but of restored tina;
they had helped to build thoir hou,e they hat
set ont of their own Grange tres: had planted
and cultivated their sweet potatoes and kali They
appeared 20 live very ntar to nature indeed.
These ladies' wcic glib not TO say eloquent, the
charms Of life in Florida. Those months were the
most "precious- they had known.
On second interview learned that they had land
to sell Bnt still believed In the prcconsncss" Of
their lives In tie pines. Even when found they wore
not going to Florida again was not undeccycd.
The house where stands In the midst OF 2
neglected orange orchard wherein we arc to have the
privilege OF absorbing all the drops"a privilege We
Shall TO tho fall. The place Is for sale and VIC
may DO turned out at any time. Tho owner y a
woman who has gone up TO ralatba to live. Mrs.
Wayne, whose husband IS agent for the owner. told
me that the former resident quito ladyicd sort
Of person and couldn't stand it in tho settlement DO
cause It wasn't fashionable enough
didn't wonder that any ono who longs for fashion
was Obliged 10 give up living here. should imagine
the desert Of sahara might DO degree more fashion
able than White Rolling Pines settlement.
When arrived in the morning boat wo walled u
Nl'i'ly 10 inc grocery anu poriO'Wt, NNCh b"'ii"i
stands on the top of tho bluh whore the village IS
Tho ladies whom I have mentioned had given Us .
letter of Introduction TO tho grocery man. In re
Spouse to presentation Of his leiter, this youn,
man hntcd vaguely at a mule and a blackboard In tho
afternoon.
Meantime We must exist unn that hour There
no hotel and lao other boarding house save tho
one 20 which tho grocer pointed There being t
ono such place Tho proprietor, had no such incentive
fo On le le tch he H.
save oranges. Tho meat apparently -omc form +
rnhirr: the bread dough tho butter-bui deScrp-
ton fail, al the buitor. Tho price for sitting at this
table ad looking at the substances Demonstrated foo
was the asked for a COOL dinner The regions OF
civilization.
Aficr this form Of dnnrr clmc the buckboard which
drawn by mulc We werc naturally quiic eager
10 find some kind Of shelter immediately otherwise
We should be- obliged to 90 60 that boarding house again
The mule and tho grocciyman took rs Oat into the
rolling country. No spr0Glator LA, pvt money into
lands here. and then advertised giowingly the charm
Of Florida city" with the exception OF a few North
crn aud Western people the inhabitants black and
who, civo most Of thor time and all Of their minds
to the solving of the problem of how to 1.-Two without
labor aul without money.
We saw Slab hut," and -hinslr Lrts." and both
wore wudowIr,, and drsola'c The steam saw mills
MAKO these dwelling, possible TIL, va, tho edge
OF tbs Black Rolling" whore n, negroes 1.-Two.
nccd MT say th4t thor' sccmolt 10 no road We
appeared to be winding a'o1t among tho trees just as
The mno felt Inclined There was the same oatlooi
e'rN"h'r- High. remote trees ono small cmin'nco
a.ic' ' oi"r d''c ming INTO IN" tiny valley after
the other softly blowing. drlicou, wind fun Of
tho odrr OF the pines Sometimes there buzzard.
Gccn Saleng slowly above tho tree tops
sitting quietly - We w'ro. the temperature was
perfect ono % no thing, pcoplo Away, tol Won in
Florida That IT D, never too warm, oven 10 Sninpcr.
II y"n bee" SILL" il'H they 20 on ana add scion.
INC sounding i"'nah h-"ni Tie constant interchange
OF aI between 'h' Atlantic on the orc SIDE aud the
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